Haicheng, Fujian

Haicheng
海澄镇
Hái-têng
Town
Haicheng is located in Fujian
Haicheng
Haicheng
Location in Fujian
Coordinates: 24°24′54″N 117°51′3″E / 24.41500°N 117.85083°E / 24.41500; 117.85083
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceFujian
Prefecture-level cityZhangzhou
County-level cityLonghai
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Haicheng, Fujian
Chinese海澄
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHǎichéng
Southern Min
Hokkien POJHái-têng

Haicheng (Chinese: 海澄; pinyin: Hǎichéng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hái-têng) is a town of Longhai City, Fujian, China.[1] As of 2018, it has 5 residential communities and 19 villages under its administration.[2]

History

Haicheng used to be known as Yuegang (lit. 'Moon Harbor') for its crescent-shaped shoreline. It was a bustling port during the Ming dynasty even under the sea ban (haijin) which prohibited private maritime trade. Following the revocation of the sea ban in the 1567, the old smuggling port of Yuegang was renamed to Haicheng ("clear seas") and was designated to be the port where foreign trade (except with Japan) was to be conducted in Fujian.[3] Haicheng became a key port for China's silver trade with Manila in the Spanish Philippines and rose to become one of Fujian's four main commercial ports.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ 2018年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：龙海市 (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
  2. ^ 2018年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：海澄镇 (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
  3. ^ Lim, Ivy Maria (2013). "From Haijin to Kaihai: The Jiajing Court's Search for a Modus Operandi along the South-eastern Coast (1522-1567)" (PDF). Journal of the British Association for Chinese Studies. 2.
  4. ^ Charles C. Mann (2011), 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created, Random House Digital, pp. 123–163, ISBN 978-0-307-59672-7
  5. ^ Brook, Timothy (1998), The Confusions of Pleasure: Commerce and Culture in Ming China, Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 120–121, ISBN 0-520-21091-3
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